Farming Facts Worth Knowing
A sketch shows Nebr. Experiment Station biooder house with Bitudobe walls 14 inches thick. Michigan and Connecticut reports cover potato yields, Early McIntosh apples, and relay planting. A method to boost pasture yield with lime, ferrizer, and sweet clover is advised. Poultry egg weight gains from selective breeding. hybrid corn versus open pollinated borers. West Virginia beef production in Greenbrier County using Hereford stock. grain and forage mix for calves and market timing detailed.
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Nebraska Experiment Station
Connecticut
Golden Cross
Ohio
Reid
West Virginia
West Virginia Experiment Station
Greenbrier
German rivers deepened to widen navigation network
German planners announce deepening of the Lahn Moselle and Saar to make them navigable for the largest bourgeois and river craft, completing the Reichs waterways system.
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Coblenz
Owner Will Aid Poultry Raisers Solve Problems
W A Morris of Morris Hatchery Amherst says diseases of respiratory and intestinal tracts and parasites cause high chicken mortality, costing poultrymen over fifty million dollars yearly. He offers free literature and a Poultry Sanitation program, advising blood tested chicks, disinfection of water and utensils, regular cleaning of litter, and fall warm handling. The hatchery sells chicks from blood tested flocks and supplies seeds and garden seed. invites visits.
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W. A. Morris
Moris Hatchery
Park Avenue Amherst
Morris
Luiain County
Morris Hatchery
Brookside P T A Installs Officers for Next Year
The Brookside Parent-Teachers Association in Sheffield installed officers for the next school year at Monday night’s meeting. Officers are Mrs Harry Lloyd president Mrs Edward Brown vice president Mrs Charles Mertz secretary and Mrs Frank Klaue treasurer. Plans include a May 20 school picnic and committee appointments across publicity program hospitality finance and budget membership.
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Sheffield
Brookside Parent-Teachers Association
Harry Lloyd
Edward Brown
Charles Mertz
Frank Klaue
Delores Loher
Harold Irish
Wilma Squire
John Townsend
Rahn
Avon High Seniors Present New Play Young and Healthy
Avon High seniors stage a Friday play May 12 featuring a cast of under 21 in a lively comedy about American youth. Bobby Means leads the family. the ensemble includes Harald Means Joe Sikora Glenn Hubbard and others with roles as siblings students and a colored maid in a lighthearted performance.
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AVON
Bobby Means
Joe Sikora
Harald Means
Glenn Hubbard
Bill Baker
John Kubucka
Windy” Williams
Russell Chester
Abbott Ardsley
Arthur Kessler
Garrison Garwood
Carl Jensen
Evelyn Pringle
Bobbys
Norma Nissen
Vivian Adams
Harold
Louise Sheer
Ruth Meek
Harriet Dudley
Elizabeth Adams
Marie Heimebrodt
Edith Evans
June Barr
Pansy Pearl
Maryjorie Walker
First Ohio Wheat Indemnity Is Paid
Fred Hardy of Putnam County became Ohio’s first wheat grower to collect an indemnity from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on May 1. He received $119.75 for a total loss of his 1939 crop plus a portion of the 1940 premium, as AAA officials in Putnam County declared the 1939 wheat crop a total loss after severe drought.
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Fred Hardy
Continental
Putnam County
Ohio
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Harding
Putnam County Aaa
Wuinterkut
Hardy
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Defiance
Henry
Putnam
Paulding
Bees Help Fruit Set In Apple And Cherry Orchards
Ohio State University horticulturist Frank H. Beach notes bees aid not just honey but fruit production. Cross pollination from other varieties is needed for self sterile apples and cherries to set fruit, sometimes requiring added bee colonies during bloom to ensure a good crop.
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Columbus
Frank H. Beach
Ohio State University
Ohio
Winesap
Rhode Island
Mammoth
Turley
Winesan
J. H Hale
Bing and Lambert Sweet
Bartlett
Farmers Advised To Prepare For Later Forage Scarcity
Ohio extension agronomist D R Dodd warns farmers to expect forage scarcity in July and August. Options for midsummer pasture include lime and fertilizer to boost permanent pastures and improve livestock carrying capacity. The note also covers pollination basics for various fruit trees and cross pollination compatibilities.
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Ohio
D. R. Dodd
Rural Leaders To Attend May 24 Conference
Three hundred rural life and organization leaders from Farm Bureau advisory councils extension agents rural ministers and rural life council leaders are expected for a one day state wide conference on rural adult education for action in Columbus on May 24. Rev Nelson MacDonald of Nova Scotia will be principal speaker and Murray D Lincoln Ohio Farm Bureau executive secretary will also speak. Discussions will be led by Farm Bureau representatives extension offices and rural churches. A banquet is planned for the evening session.
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Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Farm Bureau
Columbus
Nelson MacDonald
Nova Scotia
Agricultural Extension Service
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau
Farm Bureaus
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E. Carlisle P.T. A
Carlisle
Carl Curtis
East Carlisle
Red Cross
Morthersingers
Grafton
Jtyg
The
Paul J. Becker
Willard Solte
Michigan
Michigan Expertment Station
Middle West
Department of Agriculture
Willard Bolte
Century Building
Indianapolis
Indiana
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Grafton Lumber & Coal CO
Greften, Ohio
Brookside P.T. A
Avon High
Allis-Chalmers
Rothery
Grafton, Ohio
Motor Sales
Amherst
Bath
C. J. Ehrman
F. H
C J Ehiman
Park Avenue
Amaterst
Dairy Association
Lorain County Herd Improvement Association
Norman Lemuinger
Fred Phillips
Hazel Eaton
Ben G. Burge
B.F
R.G
K. Baird and Sons Ee
Rowland Pe
Eit O. Portman
H. J. Ringler
R.H
A. K. Baird and Sons Beens
Lewis Ladrach
New Hampshire
Park Ave
Johnson’s Grocery
Detroit Road
Jonathan
Stayman
South Haven
Lambert
Sing
Duchess
Kiefer
Seckel
N. Ridgeville
Ridgeville, Ohio
Klatik’s
Hayseed Tavern
Ridgeville Center
Legal Liquors
Lorain County
Display Advertising Department
the Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria Business
the Kelling Seed Co
Broad St
Sears
Lin
Tae
Galion Harness Oil
Lones Oil
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